Accreditation and Authorization

Source: https://academiccatalog.umd.edu/about-university/accreditation/ Parent: https://academiccatalog.umd.edu/

Accreditation

The University of Maryland, College Park is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), http://msche.org, under the authority of the U.S. Department of Education. Contact information:

Middle States Commission on Higher Education\ 1007 North Orange Street\ 4th Floor, MB #166\ Wilmington, DE 19801

In addition, individual colleges, schools, and departments are accredited by a number of other groups:

Accreditors Approved by the U.S. Secretary of Education

• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics
• American Psychological Association, Committee on Accreditation
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
• American Veterinary Medical Association, Council on Education
• Commission on English Language Program Accreditation
• Council on Education for Public Health
• National Association of Schools of Dance, Commission on Accreditation
• National Association of Schools of Music

Other Accreditors

• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education
• American Library Association (ALA)
• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
• Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP)
• Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)
• Accrediting Council on Education on Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC)
• Institute of Food Technologists
• Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB)
• Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
• National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
• National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
• Planning Accreditation Board

Evaluated Rather Than Accredited

• Maryland Sea Grant College (National Sea Grant Review Panel)
• Water Resources Center (United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey)

For more information about Accreditation see http://provost.umd.edu/accreditation/.

Authorization

The University of Maryland, College Park is authorized to operate in the state of Maryland by the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC), http://mhec.maryland.gov. All degree and certificate programs are approved by MHEC and the University System of Maryland. The university adheres to MHEC's student complaint process.

The University of Maryland, College Park is a participating institution in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA), http://nc-sara.org, and is thereby authorized to offer online programs in all participating NC-SARA states and territories. The university adheres to NC-SARA's student complaint process for students in online programs.

Individual programs operating in Washington, DC, have been authorized by the Higher Education Licensing Commission of Washington, DC, http://helc.osse.dc.gov. Pursuant to DC's Official Code, the District of Columbia Higher Education Licensure Commission is the agency of last resort in the grievance process.